26-02-2021 дата публикации
Номер: NZ757295A
A wheel hub can be used to transfer loads from a rotating wheel into a spindle through connected bearings. It is typical for an axle of a specific capacity to use an industry standard spindle size, bearing size, hubcap size, and wheel mounting surface dimensions. These sizes all vary according to a weight capacity of the axle. That is, axles with different capacities typically have corresponding differently dimensioned spindles, bearings, hubcaps and wheel mounting surfaces. In addition, different capacities of steerable axles traditionally use corresponding different knuckles, with the different knuckles having varying feature sizes. These feature sizes then affect various other wheel end components that interface with the knuckle. Additionally, some desired features of lower capacity axles may drive packaging constraints. This includes track and desired wheel mount face, wheel size with associated wheel stud pitch circle, and brake size. Improvements are continually needed in the arts of designing, manufacturing, assembling and maintaining vehicle suspensions. In accordance with the present disclosure, a vehicle suspension can include an adapter mounting face, a spindle rigidly mounted relative to the adapter mounting face, a wheel mounting hub including a hub body rotatably mounted on the spindle by bearings, and an adapter that spaces a brake component away from the adapter mounting face. Another vehicle suspension can include a spindle, bearings, and a wheel mounting hub rotatably mounted on the spindle by the bearings, the wheel mounting hub can include a hub body and a wheel mounting flange, the hub body and the wheel mounting flange being separate components of the wheel mounting hub. A system for adapting a vehicle suspension to different suspension capacities can include multiple wheel mounting hubs including a same hub body internal configuration configured to be rotatably mounted on the spindle by the bearings, but the wheel mounting hubs including ...
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